Our culture is one of continuous learning, accountability, collaboration and impact. We are looking to hire talented quantitative analysts who wish to master their technical skills, perpetuate a knowledge-driven environment and enjoy solving complex problems.

Essential Skills:

Either: (i) a PhD or MSc in statistics, mathematics, physics or other discipline with a strong quantitative component or (ii) equivalent industry experience

Extensive experience using R, Matlab or Python for data analysis and model development

Experience developing forecasting models including the use of methods such as GLMs, Monte Carlo simulation, numerical optimisation, smoothing and Bayesian statistics

Experience with either python, C++ or Java

A basic understanding of databases (preferably Postgres)

Familiarity with the betting industry and/or sports prediction models

If this role seems like a good fit then please send a copy of your CV and brief statement detailing why you are interested in the role, our organisation and the sports betting industry to jobs@risq.uk

Our multidisciplinary engineering team consists of exceptional practitioners who challenge each other to deliver innovative solutions to complex problems. It is common for our engineers to move between numerous projects and gain exposure to a variety of technologies. Despite our position as an industry leader, we are a relatively small team of technologists. As a result, all staff members have the opportunity to make a significant impact on the organisation.

Our culture is one of continuous learning, accountability, collaboration and impact. We are looking to hire talented developers who wish to master their technical skills, perpetuate a knowledge-driven environment and enjoy collaboration and solving complex problems.

People and culture

John

Head of Trading Systems

John brings over 14 years experience in the design, development and delivery of state of the art low-latency, high-performance, real-time trading systems. Responsible for the development and delivery of all aspects of our critical trading systems, John is currently focused on building our next generation trading platform. John enjoys the close working relationship at RISQ, with a team focused on being at the forefront of quantitative sports trading.

Hugo

Trading Systems Developer

Hugo joined Risq after completing his Master’s in Computer Science from the University of Sheffield. Hugo is responsible for full stack development of Risq’s trading systems with significant exposure to Python, Clojurescript, C++ and Ansible. Hugo’s initial projects include: building monitoring tools for Risq’s high-frequency trading systems; full stack development of low-latency trading systems; and maintaining server infrastructure.

Joseph

Head of Operations

Joseph joins Risq having worked in high-frequency trading and brokerage operations for eight years. Joseph holds a MBA from Durham University and Bachelor’s degree in in Economics. He brings academic and practical experience in sustaining organisational change, strategic management and people operations.

Arjen

Senior Quantitative Analyst

Arjen brings extensive experience in computational physical and numerical mathematics to the Risq Quant team. Arjen completed his Master’s in applied mathematics and subsequent PhD in physical oceanography and data-assimilation. Following extensive experience as a post-doctoral research associate, Arjen joined Risq in 2016. Arjen is responsible for the design and implementation of numerous trading models.

James

Quantitative Analyst

James joined Risq’s Quant team as a PhD graduate in 2017 having read Chemistry at Cambridge. James is responsible for the design and implementation of Risq’s trading models and has experience working with statistical models and machine learning approaches.

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Our Values

Mastery of technical and soft skills – we strive to be the best in the world in our chosen fields

Accountability – we are empowered to make decisions and are held responsible for our actions

Impact – we understand how each individual contributes to our ambitious goals

Collaboration – we solve complex and interesting problems by working in small multi-discipline teams

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We have a continuously open recruitment pipeline. If you’d like to work with us but don’t see a suitable opening, we would still like to hear from you.